How to shape your Future: Career Tools for Postdocs
JUNO Workshop
| Target audience | early postdocs of all research areas |
| Language | Englisch |
| Duration | 2 days (16 work units) |
| Type of workshop | in-person workshop |
| Capacity | max. 12 |
| Credits for habilitation | yes |
| Workshop costs | Participation is free for HHU members and members of HHU's Medical Faculty. |
| Registration | Please register using the registration form below. |
Upcoming Workshops
| Date | Time | Format | Registration |
| 21st and 22nd May 2025 The course will not take place as planned, a new date will be announced soon. | both days 9 am to 5 pm
| in-person | Registration. |
This workshop is specially designed for young postdocs from all disciplines who want to further develop their career portfolio.
What are my unique abilities and interests critical in determining the right career path for me? Can I combine my ideas about a fulfilled life with a university career? How can I develop a strategy for embarking on an academic career path or other career choices?
This seminar helps to answer these and other questions for those who want to plan their career development strategically. It focuses on supporting experienced scientists and researchers. It offers them possibilities to reflect upon future university careers or alternative career choices. Based on their individual profiles, participants develop their own vision for their future personal and professional lives.
- You reflect upon your professional career path and develop a well-orchestrated plan
- You develop a biographically-based profile that highlights und evaluates your individual qualifications, skills and job visions
- You get information about formal and hidden requirements for careers outside of the academic world with special focus on Germany
You explore different occupational alternatives according to choices led by the feedback of your colleagues
Contents in brief- Creating your profile of skills and qualifications, highlighting your strengths and accomplishments
- Choosing your own criteria and values for work and life
- Developing a vision for your own professional and private life
- Review and evaluation of personal development goals
- Detect your professional network
Matthias Merkelbach is an expert in career strategy and team communication. A graduate in philosophy and German studies, he has many years of professional experience as a journalist, author of specialist books and lecturer. Until 2011, he was the pedagogical director of ISD GmbH, Stuttgart, where he was responsible for the further education program for internationally active companies, giving him a total of eight years of experience in a management position with personnel responsibility, including the recruitment of new employees. The certified coach has been leading workshops for doctoral candidates and post-docs since 2009 and has successfully worked with over 1000 participants to date.